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m (Table with fifths from C to Cb and C# w/ full major scales)
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| ||7 b's||6 b's || 5 b's || 4 b's || 3 b's || 2 b's || 1 b's || 0 b/#'s || 1 #'s || 2 #'s || 3 #'s || 4 #'s || 5 #'s || 6 #'s || 7 #'s
 
| ||7 b's||6 b's || 5 b's || 4 b's || 3 b's || 2 b's || 1 b's || 0 b/#'s || 1 #'s || 2 #'s || 3 #'s || 4 #'s || 5 #'s || 6 #'s || 7 #'s
 
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| Unison ||Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C#
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! Unison ||Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C#
 
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| 2nd ||Db || Ab|| Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E|| B || F#|| C# || G# || D#
 
| 2nd ||Db || Ab|| Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E|| B || F#|| C# || G# || D#
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| 3rd ||Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C# || G#|| D# || A# || E#
 
| 3rd ||Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C# || G#|| D# || A# || E#
 
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| 4th ||Fb || Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A|| E || B || F#
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! 4th ||Fb || Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A|| E || B || F#
 
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| 5th ||Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E|| B|| F# || C# || G#
 
| 5th ||Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E|| B|| F# || C# || G#
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| 6th ||Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F#|| C#|| G# || D# || A#
 
| 6th ||Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F#|| C#|| G# || D# || A#
 
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| 7th ||Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C# || G#|| D#|| A# || E# || B#
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! 7th ||Bb || F || C || G || D || A || E || B || F# || C# || G#|| D#|| A# || E# || B#
 
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| Oct ||Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A|| E|| B || F# || C#
 
| Oct ||Cb || Gb || Db || Ab || Eb || Bb || F || C || G || D || A|| E|| B || F# || C#

Revision as of 15:47, 9 April 2014

Table with fifths from C to Cb and C# w/ full major scales

Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C#
7 b's 6 b's 5 b's 4 b's 3 b's 2 b's 1 b's 0 b/#'s 1 #'s 2 #'s 3 #'s 4 #'s 5 #'s 6 #'s 7 #'s
Unison Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C#
2nd Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G# D#
3rd Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A# E#
4th Fb Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F#
5th Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G#
6th Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#
7th Bb F C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A# E# B#
Oct Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C#
Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C G D A E B F# C#
Eb <- E Bb <- B -- F -> F# C -> C# G -> G#

Fifths and equivalents

All columns are equivalent pitches. Each cell is a perfect fifth above the cell to its left.

Dbb Abb Ebb Bbb Fb Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb F C
C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A# E# B#
B# F## C## G## D## A## E## B## F### C### G### D### A###

Rules and Guidelines

The 1.____ scale a perfect fifth 2.____ the current scale contains the same notes but the 3.___ in the current scale is 4.____ to become the 5.____ of the new scale.

1 2 3 4 5
major above P4 sharped M7
minor above M6 sharped M2
major below M7 flattened P4
minor below M2 flattened m6